Susan Price, Sydney
Since PM John Howard came to power in 1996, many successful coalitions against injustice have formed — for refugee rights, against the war on Iraq, in opposition to Australia's theft of East Timor's oil, for gay and lesbian
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Sarah Stephen, Sydney
Phil Glendenning from the Edmund Rice Centre (ERC) was the keynote speaker at a meeting organised by the Refugee Action Coalition on April 21. He told a crowd of 70 people that the Australian government has been involved in
Kim Bullimore
Eyal Brami and Alex Kohn are 18 years old and serving time in an Israeli jail. Their crime is their refusal to be conscripted into the Israeli military and to serve as part of an occupying force in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Roberto Jorquera, Caracas
Three thousand people, including leftists from the US, Canada, Australia and most of Latin America, attended the third Global Encounter in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution, held on April 13-16.
The event began
On April 22, the British Association of University Teachers voted to boycott two Israeli universities — Haifa and Bar Ilans — because of their failure to speak out against the Israeli government's attacks on Palestine. The boycott will follow a
Bill Mason, Brisbane
Representatives of the old and new generations of Resistance members combined to celebrate the Brisbane launch on April 16 of a new book on the history of Australia's longest existing socialist youth organisation —
Sir! No Sir — The story of how US GIs, in their thousands, created a widespread, unprecedented movement against the war in Vietnam. Through demonstrations, underground newspapers, combat refusals and more, US GIs altered the course of the Vietnam
Duroyan Fertl
After four months of mounting political pressure and constitutional crisis, the people of Ecuador have driven President Lucio Gutierrez from office. In the face of unstoppable mass protest, and growing calls for the dissolution of
Peter Sypkens, Hobart
More than 1000 people marched through Southport Lagoon Conservation Area in southern Tasmania on April 17, to support the protection of Recherche Bay, a national heritage-listed site under threat from logging.
The march
Health care in Vietnam
Contrary to the assertions of Pham Minh (Write On, GLW #623), in Vietnam, a poor country (US$430 GDP per capita) with 80 million people, health care is free for: (1) Ethnic minorities, some 10 million people, or 13% of the
April 27
1904: The first Australian Labor Party government is elected.
1973: Female script assistants walk off the job, launching the ABC's first ever strike.
April 28
1981: Thousands march against Expo 88 and demand Aboriginal land rights.
Fred Fuentes
While the US is still facing a fierce Iraqi resistance and a disintegrating "coalition of the killing", and the Australian government is sending more troops to Iraq, all the polls show young people are increasing opposed to this war.
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